Saturday, July 3, 2010

Welcome to Colton!

Colton Andrew Banks made a FAST and grand entrance on June 30, 2010! I started having contractions at 8:30 on Wednesday night, got to the hospital around 9:45 and then he arrived at 10:20 pm with NO time for an epidural; much to my dismay! When we arrived, I was already dilated to an 8 and ten minutes later, I was at a 10. We made the nurses scramble, for sure! If you have the option of an epidural or not, I would say EPIDURAL all the way!!! Colton was a tiny 5 lbs. 6 oz. Since he was so tiny he couldn't keep his temperature up and his blood sugar was low so they put him in the NICU for 24 hours. He regulated himself fairly quickly and we got to go home last night (Friday). We are now doing well and resting a lot. The other kids sure love their new baby brother. They are treating him well! We love our little man Colton!!

Colton in his "pod" in the NICU with all his wires and cordsGetting ready to go home!Proud sister! Syd is SUCH a help, and is SO in love with ColtonWes wants to hold Colton all the time and make sure he is okayLando loves to poke and hold Colton. He calls him CoCoColton's first photo shoot at home!

Congrats! He is so tiny! We had a growth scan on our baby today and she is already 6lbs. 15oz. Huge conpared to him and still holding out! Hope you get a lot of sleep and everyone adjusts well. He is adorable!